The Ubyssey
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note: THE UBYSSEY Vol. LXVII, No. 29 Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, January 15,1986 *>?■; 48 228-2301 Faculty morale down Faculty morale all over the university is dropping, says an associate education professor, while the administration is pressuring faculty to retire early and negotiations on how to fire faculty in the event of a financial crisis drag on. "Everyone is being apprehensive. Morale has lowered across the university as a whole," Donald Fisher, a Committee of Concerned Academics member, said Monday. Fisher said the UBC administration's recent advertisement in UBC Reports is designed to encourage people to come forward and negotiate a deal to leave UBC. "The pressure is on a little," he said. "Everyone who is thinking about what is happening is worried," said Fisher. He added faculty are concerned whether staying at UBC is the right career decision. He said unfair dismissals due to UBC's financial crisis are a real danger but that the faculty association should get safeguards against this. The recent advertisement which encourages faculty to voluntarily retire is only part of an administration policy begun two years ago, said associate education professor James Gaskell. Gaskell said this policy is one way the university is trying to meet next year's shortfall, which may reach $18 million if provincial funds are cut five per cent again. 'The early termination policy may or may not help prevent an exigency," he said. Faculty association president Elmer Ogryzlo said the association is also encouraging voluntary retirement to prevent firings. He said for firings to occur the university must show there is a financial exigency which cannot be solved without forced retirements. "(The adminis- Completion prop comes to debate tration) can't force people to retire but it's hard to accommodate a five per cent cut in other areas," he said. Ogryzlo refused to say how many faculty might be eliminated if UBC receives another five per cent cut. The faculty association and the admin…
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